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Company Overview of Southwestern Electric Power Company

Company Overview

Southwestern Electric Power Company engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power in northeastern and panhandle of Texas, northwestern Louisiana, and western Arkansas. The company also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, municipalities, rural electric cooperatives, and other market participants. It generates electricity through natural gas, coal, and lignite sources. The company owns 5,225 megawatts of generating capacity; and serves approximately 533,000 retail customers. It serves natural gas and oil production, petroleum refining, pulp and paper manufacturing, chemicals, food processing, and metal refining ind...

Southwestern Electric Power Company engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power in northeastern and panhandle of Texas, northwestern Louisiana, and western Arkansas. The company also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, municipalities, rural electric cooperatives, and other market participants. It generates electricity through natural gas, coal, and lignite sources. The company owns 5,225 megawatts of generating capacity; and serves approximately 533,000 retail customers. It serves natural gas and oil production, petroleum refining, pulp and paper manufacturing, chemicals, food processing, and metal refining industries, as well as various military installations, colleges, and universities. The company was founded in 1912 and is based in Columbus, Ohio. Southwestern Electric Power Company is a subsidiary of American Electric Power Company, Inc.

Southwestern Electric Power Company Key Developments

Southwestern Electric Power Co. announced plans for a major clean energy project that will provide 6 million megawatt-hours (mWh) of new wind energy annually to SWEPCO customers. SWEPCO will file applications July 31 with utility regulators in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas to request approval for the project. As proposed, SWEPCO will own 1,400 megawatts (MW) of a 2,000-MW wind farm under construction in Oklahoma. SWEPCO also will help build an approximately 350-mile, dedicated 765-kilovolt (kV) power line from the Oklahoma Panhandle to Tulsa to deliver the wind energy to customers. The proposed Wind Catcher Energy Connection Project is expected to save SWEPCO customers more than $5 billion, net of cost, over the 25-year life of the wind farm, compared to projected market costs for procuring power over the same period.

Southwestern Electric Power And Public Service Company of Oklahoma Seeks Acquisitions

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Southwestern Electric Power Company ('SWEPCO') and Public Service Company of Oklahoma ('PSO') are asking utility regulators to approve plans to purchase a 2,000-megawatt (MW) wind farm currently under construction in the western panhandle of Oklahoma. PSO and SWEPCO plan to file July 31 with regulators for approvals.

Southwestern Electric Power Co. Appoints Thomas Brice as Vice President of Regulatory and Finance

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Southwestern Electric Power Co. appointed Thomas Brice as vice president of regulatory and finance, effective May 20. Among his new responsibilities he will also serve as the primary interface with SWEPCO's parent company, American Electric Power Co. Inc., for finance and regulatory activities Brice has served the company as director of regulatory services for the last seven years.

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